Alumni on Nominees for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards

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Awards season is in full swing, and this weekend will bring music fans the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The nominees for the latest ceremony recognize the work of artists like Jay-Z, Pink, Taylor Swift, Tony Bennett, and Blake Shelton, among a host of others, and a large number of these projects featured creative involvement from Full Sail graduates.

This year 64 alumni were credited on 53 releases nominated in 42 Grammy categories. This includes projects up for the top award, Record of the Year, with Doug Tyo and Seth Waldmann on Daft Punk’s summer hit “Get Lucky,” and Andrew Coleman contributing to Robin Thicke’s breakthrough “Blurred Lines.” Grads also contributed to other major awards like Album of the Year and Song of the Year, and we’ll be following the full results live on campus with a viewing party this Sunday.

Two categories in particular will be watched closely, as a pair of Recording Arts graduates will be in contention for their own statues. Brad Todd was vocal engineer on Faith Evans’ R&B Divas, up for Best R&B Album. 1995 alum Andrew Coleman acted as engineer on Robin Thicke‘s Record of the Year nominee Blurred Lines, which is also up for Best Pop Vocal Album. The hit single of the same name will compete for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

The diversity of our grads’ work in the music industry is also apparent in the nominees list. Classic rock was represented with Mike Exeter and Jason Gossman, who worked on Black Sabbath‘s comeback 13, up for Best Rock Album. Best Rock Performance sees a nod for a new version of Led Zeppelin‘s epic “Kashmir,” taken from their live reunion album Celebration Day. The title track from the record is also in contention for Best Rock song, and both nominees were mastered by John Davis (Recording Arts, 1994).

Many of our graduates are also heavily involved in the Latin music scene, which saw Sean Phelan, Sam Allison, and Dave Clauss work on three of the five nominees for Best Latin Pop Album. Dave Clauss’ credit is on the Draco Rosa album Vida, for which he recently won a Latin Grammy statue for when it was awarded Album of the Year at the 14th Annual Latin Grammys. Adding to this diversity, alumni credits also ran through the Gospel and Contemporary Christian nominees, as well as all four Rap and Country categories.

Four alumni connected to the Full Sail Hall of Fame are also featured in the lineup of 56th Grammy noms. 2009 inductee Phil Tan continued his ongoing collaboration with Rihanna, contributing as mixer to her 2012 album Unapologetic (Best Urban Contemporary Album) and its single “Stay” (Best Pop Duo/Group Performance). Another 2009 inductee, Sebastian Krys, was composer, engineer, and producer on La Santa Cecilia‘s Treinta Dias (Best Latin, Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album), while 2010 inductee Leslie Brathwaite worked with Snoop Lion as composer, mixer, and engineer on Reincarnated (Best Reggae Album).

Alumni involvement in so many Grammy nominated projects is an inspiring reminder of the range of great music released throughout the previous year, and an even better opportunity to get exposed to projects you may have missed. Students and staff are invited to watch the results of the 56th Annual Grammy Awards during our campus celebration this Sunday, January 26 in the Full Sail Live Venue. A red carpet walk will lead the event at 7 p.m., with the broadcast starting at 8 p.m.

The list of Full Sail alumni credited on this year’s Grammy nominees are as follows.

I’ve been there for celebration. It was quite impressive moment for me. Even though They’ve came back to return in 6 years, Daft Punk got an awarded ‘Record of the year’ which is one of the best prize for artist in Grammys.

Congratulations , this is anazing. I will like yo participate in the event 2014.
I am impressing with all the preparation. I am happy to be part of Full Sail University, and this kind of event are the events that i will like to prepare on my future.